Swamp Things

On the way from Baton Rouge to Houston, we spent a couple hours at the Lake Martin Nature Preserve near Breaux Bridge (Pont Breaux), Louisiana. I think this guy is an anhinga.

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On the way from Baton Rouge to Houston, we spent a couple hours at the Lake Martin Nature Preserve near Breaux Bridge (Pont Breaux), Louisiana. I think this guy is an anhinga.

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Water hyacinths

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Water hyacinths

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Blue on green makes the dragonfly a little hard to see.

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Blue on green makes the dragonfly a little hard to see.

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There's a snowy egret rookery on site, but this is about as close as I got to it, far behind the trees. I could hear them squawking.

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There's a snowy egret rookery on site, but this is about as close as I got to it, far behind the trees. I could hear them squawking.

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Cypress and algae

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Cypress and algae

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Trees and vines

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Trees and vines

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Snowy egret in flight

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Snowy egret in flight

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Spider webs, spider webs

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Spider webs, spider webs

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Turtles take the sun.

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Turtles take the sun.

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Water-walking anhinga returns.

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Water-walking anhinga returns.

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To the lake!

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To the lake!

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Feeding time

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Feeding time

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Flying time. They didn't like me to get too close.

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Flying time. They didn't like me to get too close.

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Ranger's house

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Ranger's house

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Lake Martin panorama

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Lake Martin panorama

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Back on the road to Houston. Here's the bridge in "Breaux Bridge" over the Bayou Teche.

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Back on the road to Houston. Here's the bridge in "Breaux Bridge" over the Bayou Teche.

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Religious icons watch over the liqueurs at Cafe Des Amis in Breaux Bridge.

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Religious icons watch over the liqueurs at Cafe Des Amis in Breaux Bridge.

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This guy welcomes you to the mens room.

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This guy welcomes you to the mens room.

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Zydeco brunch happens every Saturday.

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Zydeco brunch happens every Saturday.

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He’s got fishing lines strung across the Louisiana rivers
Gotta catch a big fish for us to eat
He’s setting traps in the swamp catching anything he can
He’s gotta make a living, he’s a Louisiana Man
He’s gotta make a living, he’s a Louisiana Man